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JOSEPH RUMMEL WHITE JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1946 – July 29, 1968
Service recordJoseph Rummel White JR, of Rhinebeck, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 33
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Rhinebeck, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 33
- JACK MERRIEL STRONGCorporal · July 29, 1968
- JAMES LEROY TANGEMANSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN WITHERSPOONSergeant · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.